And I'm wondering, should I be worried about the PATRIOT act using the library's wi-fi to post this blog. Not that anything I have ever written on here even approaches illegality, but still, in this climate of fear-mongering and witch-hunting you have to wonder. Well, if this space suddenly goes dark, you'll know why.
So, we're officially no longer looking for WMDs in Iraq. The more cynical among you will wonder if we ever really were. I doubt it, having read (ok, skimmed) the Project for a New American Century. WMDs were the mcguffin, nothing more. And the official admission that we are no longer looking for what was clearly not there in the first place has raised so few questions among the public and press. More than that, it has cause zero recriminations in the administration.
No, I am not suprised, but I am disappointed. I keep hoping to wake up and find that the news media or Democrats are really taking Bush et. al. to task for their behavior. And if neither of those groups, then how about something more grass roots? Clearly there are enough people in this country from liberals to Libertarians to paleo-Cons who have something to gain by seeing Bush's political career implode to form some kind of ad hoc movement to that end. But they seem to be largely invisible. Mostly, I suspect, playing out alternated scenarios for the '00 and '04 elections, and running and re-running political fin de siecle fantasies. Meanwhile, GWB trundles on like some grotesque parody of the little engine that could. Nothing, not scandal, not horror, not the truth, seems to stop him.
Oh, and we get to have Alberto "Waterboarding" Gonzales as our new attorney general. Something about the fox guarding the hen-house. . . I thought that Clarence Thomas marked the low point for the American legal system at a federal level. Clearly, I was wrong.
I think I am going to start a list (and feel free to contribute) of questions the media should ask Bush. It's not important whether he answers, 'cause we all know he won't, but these should be in the public record as having been asked. Also, it's fun to watch him dance, like a little monkey. The first one is this: Do you believe in a literal reading of the Bible and more specifically, do you believe that God created the Earth in six literal 24 hour days as described in the book of Genesis? Follow-up: How does your belief influence your education policy with regards to science education?
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How about: "Have you ever contemplated, or even heard, the word "shame"?
You should worry about pretty much anything you do, since Schrub & Company can declare anyone they wish a terrorist.
As for the Dems making waves regarding the WMD, you will not hear a peep about it until the next election cycle.
This is because the American people will have forgotten that the Dems where right there with Schrub and Company in starting this war, and seceding thier duty to declare war.
The Dems know this will happen and will use the stupidity of the electorate to their advantage in the 06 and 08 elections.
Take Care, and beware.
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